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THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 155
nized in the public ministry of the Protestant Episcopal
Church; and that there is no obligation, and indeed no
permission, to its clergy to preach except upon the
Sacred Scriptures immediately and distinctly.
Hence, while all the members of the Church, both
clergy and laity, are left at perfect liberty to. form and
to hold and to discuss any conscientious opinions on
these controverted systems, and this, too, without affecting any of their rights or privileges of Church-membership, at the very same time the pulpit is protected from
discords, and the people are secured in their right to be
always instructed from the Sacred Scriptures; and the
public ministry is compelled ever to fulfil its one holy
office of publishing the divine truth, of proclaiming to
a needy world the message of that mercy and salvation
which God has provided through His Son and Spirit.
Does not the Protestant Episcopal Church deserve
the approbation of all Christians, however they may
differ on these controverted doctrines ? And does it
not come before them, and offer itself to them all, as
a friendly arbiter, by whom their differences may be
reconciled, or, -at least, by whose agency they may
"agree to differ," when they shall have learned that
their Christian interests, and aims, and hopes, and affections are common, and that they may worship God in a
common temple ?
| Title | The comprehensive church |
| Creator | Vail, Thomas H. (Thomas Hubbard) |
| Publisher | Appleton |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000159 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 155 nized in the public ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church; and that there is no obligation, and indeed no permission, to its clergy to preach except upon the Sacred Scriptures immediately and distinctly. Hence, while all the members of the Church, both clergy and laity, are left at perfect liberty to. form and to hold and to discuss any conscientious opinions on these controverted systems, and this, too, without affecting any of their rights or privileges of Church-membership, at the very same time the pulpit is protected from discords, and the people are secured in their right to be always instructed from the Sacred Scriptures; and the public ministry is compelled ever to fulfil its one holy office of publishing the divine truth, of proclaiming to a needy world the message of that mercy and salvation which God has provided through His Son and Spirit. Does not the Protestant Episcopal Church deserve the approbation of all Christians, however they may differ on these controverted doctrines ? And does it not come before them, and offer itself to them all, as a friendly arbiter, by whom their differences may be reconciled, or, -at least, by whose agency they may "agree to differ," when they shall have learned that their Christian interests, and aims, and hopes, and affections are common, and that they may worship God in a common temple ? |
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